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by SB Sarah | April 26, 2013 | Friday at 3:38 pm | 2 Comments
Time to announce the winners of a copy of The Ashford Affair by Lauren Willig. I've fired up the random interger generator, and have the winners ready! Thank you to Macmillan for offering 10 hardcover copies.
The winners of a hardcover are:
8 - Black Dragon Mama
14 - Anita
21 - Ashlea
40 - Ashlee
44 - Sandy D.
52 - Faye
74 - AuntieKristin
82 - Miriam Phillips
98 - Belle
126 - Lucy
And the winners of a digital copy are:
1 - Jewel
41 - JennyOH
58 - Lynnd
61 - Casey
132 - Mary Preston
Winners, please email me with your mailing address for a hardcover copy, or your email address and format preference if you've won a digital copy. WOO!
Thank you for sharing all the fascinating secrets. It was like the potential plot of a thousand books in that thread, for reals.
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by SB Sarah | April 24, 2013 | Wednesday at 4:54 am | 138 Comments
Macmillan has kindly offered ten hardcovers of The Ashford Affair to give away - though I am limited to US and Canadian readers (my apologies). I'm offering five digital copies open to anyone worldwide - so if you'd like to read The Ashford Affair (and I hope you do!) come share... it's secret time!
To enter, tell us about a secret you've heard or kept -- though feel free to change some details if the secret is STILL a secret.
Since The Ashford Affair is all about unraveling family secrets, I thought this was entirely appropriate! Please specify which you'd like - hardcover or digital.
Standard disclaimers apply: I'm not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Hardcover giveaway open to US and Canadian residents. Digital giveaway open to international residents to the extent permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and pretending to smoke with one of those badass cigarette holders to enter. Keep out of reach of children. Contact…
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by SB Sarah | April 20, 2013 | Saturday at 10:04 am | 0 Comments
Ready to find out who wins Stranded with a Billionaire by Jessica Clare? Who is bringing what for the chance to be stranded? Time to announce the winners!
The following people have won a digital copy from InterMix:
14. Kelly (bringing her accordion "so that I could do a sweet serenade for a polka or two. Also, they may be allowed to have lessons on the accordion ") (I want to be in that elevator, please!)
27. Lamme (bringing a flattering nightgown) (Smart!)
49. Susan (bringing her Swiss Army knife - clean teeth, defend herself and open wine!)
67. AuntieKristin (bringing condoms)
71. Michelle G (bringing basic toiletries and underwear)
91. Lizzy (bringing a deck of cards)
128. Belle (bringing Dr. Pepper lip balm) (I want to try that lip balm)
145. J (bringing a flyswatter - " Just because you can never find one when you need one")…
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by SB Sarah | April 16, 2013 | Tuesday at 7:09 am | 176 Comments
Penguin's InterMix has offered a rather spiffy giveaway today, and I'm so excited about it. Srsly. And not just about the book, either, though I have a weakness for books wherein weather throws people together. Snow, hurricanes, high humidity, whatever.
Stranded with the Billionaire is the first in a six book series from Jessica Clare who is also sometimes known as Jill Myles. Here's the cover copy:
Billionaire Logan Hawkings needs a vacation. He’s had a rough time after the death of his father and the betrayal of his fiancée. But with a visit to a recent business acquisition—a private island resort in the Bahamas—he has a chance to mend his broken heart. When a hurricane blows in, a misplaced passport and a stalled elevator bring Logan together with an unusual woman named Bronte. She’s unlike anyone he’s ever met—down to earth, incredibly sensual, and even quotes Plato. She also has no clue that he’s rich… Bronte Dawson, a waitress from the Midwest, is stranded with the hotel’s domineering yet sexy manager Logan. What’s the harm in a little…
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by SB Sarah | March 15, 2013 | Friday at 1:27 pm | 2 Comments
Time to announce the winner of the library of 19 Philippa Carr ebooks from Open Road Media!
The winner as chosen by Random Integer Powers is: MissMonky!
Madam Monky, please email me to claim your prize winnings!
Thank you to everyone who entered - I love how many of you were all, "I'd start with the first one in the series, duh." OCD Reading FTW!
Have an awesome weekend, y'all.
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by SB Sarah | March 12, 2013 | Tuesday at 10:10 am | 175 Comments
Open Road Media is releasing 19 books from Philippa Carr's backlist, and they'd like to give a SBTB reader a complete set. Who is Philippa Carr, you ask? You've heard of her, I promise. Caroline at Open Road sent me the following email, which answers that question:
Between her various pen names—Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, and Philippa Carr-- the author Eleanor Hibbert has been mentioned on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books approximately 853 times. (Google is an amazing thing, but I digress.)
Eleanor Hibbert was a pioneer of historical romance, publishing over 200 novels and selling more than 100 million books in her lifetime. A lot of readers, both on Smart Bitches and elsewhere, got hooked on romance by reading Hibbert's books. Open Road Media is excited to re-release the Daughters of England series, written under Hibbert's final pen name Philippa Carr. These 19 novels trace several generations of a single family over the course of nearly four centuries, with each book featuring the female descendent of the previous book's protagonist. The stories include intrigue, female strength, and some serious history.
The minute I read all three pen names, I was all, "Oooooh,…
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by SB Sarah | March 08, 2013 | Friday at 6:34 pm | 2 Comments
Time to pick the winners in the giveaway for The Wisdom of Hair!
The winners of a copy are:
#1 Eherbert
#9 Beccah W.
#31 Sandypo
#37 Taylor Reynolds
#45 Emily
Winners, please email me with your mailing address so I can get your copies to you. Thank you to everyone who entered!
And, of course, big congratulations to Kim Boykin on her debut! You can find a copy at Goodreads | Amazon | BN | Kobo | iBooks | All Romance eBooks.
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by SB Sarah | March 05, 2013 | Tuesday at 12:49 am | 51 Comments
In last year's Brenda Novak Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research, I offered an author interview as part of the auction. Previous authors who have bid on and won the author interview include Jesse Petersen, Delilah Marvelle, and Angie Fox.
This year, I'd like introduce debut author Kim Boykin! Her book The Wisdom of Hair comes out today - have a look:
“The problem with cutting your own hair is that once you start, you just keep cutting, trying to fix it, and the truth is, some things can never be fixed. The day of my daddy’s funeral, I cut my bangs until they were the length of those little paintbrushes that come with dime-store watercolor sets. I was nine years old. People asked me why I did it, but I was too young then to know I was changing my hair because I wanted to change my life.”
In 1983, on her nineteenth birthday, Zora Adams finally says goodbye to her…
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by SB Sarah | March 04, 2013 | Monday at 8:41 pm | 4 Comments
Time to announce the winners of The Chocolate Kiss!
The five winners of a paper copy are:
#9 Arloa #18: Katrina T. #36 Hilary617 #76 Mamester #103 alexdenae
The five winners of a digital copy are:
#53 Black Dragon Mama #59 Megsan #71 Alwdr #91 Riga #108 Alaina Keener
Winners, please email me with your address if you've won a paper copy, and your email address and format preference if you've won a digital copy. Thank you to everyone who entered (and all of you who made me crave dessert)!
Please don't forget, All Romance eBooks is offering the 50% eBook Buck rebate if you use code SBTBARE at checkout. The rebate is good from March 1-14, 2013, and the after-rebate price is $6.00 - not bad!.
And a reminder: we have a chat date set, too! The Book Club Chat will be Thursday 28 at 9:00pm ET. Laura Florand will join us at 10pm for a Q&A.
I hope, whether you won a copy or not, you'll…
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by SB Sarah | March 01, 2013 | Friday at 1:02 pm | 9 Comments
Time to pick the winners in the Winterblaze Celebratory Giveaway. I am completely enamored and afraid of all of you and your brilliant ideas for which tools to use when you wish to off somebody.
Grand Prize Winner, who will receive a prize package of much awesomeness: #332 Cat Matkovic!
The five runners up, who will receive a complete set of the four books in the Darkest London series in digital format, including the prequel novella, are:
Jim2509
Juliana
Sophydc
ms bookjunkie
Lovecow200
Congratulations! Winners, please email me to claim your prize. Thank you for playing, y'all, and congratulations again to Kristen Callihan on her latest book!
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by SB Sarah | February 26, 2013 | Tuesday at 8:01 am | 358 Comments
Kristen Callihan's Winterblaze, book 3 in her Darkest London series, is on many readers' must-buy-get-outta-my-way-no-really-move-it shopping lists this week, and to celebrate the release, she and her publisher, Hachette, have put together a really spiffy prize pack.
Here, have a look:
The winner will receive:
1 pink fan (this one can NOT be used for beheadings) 1 bottle of Sephora by OPI nail polish in "Shiny Dancer” (dark silver) 1 leather notebook (such as the one Winston used to tell his story) 1 sterling silver necklace and topaz snowflake pendant A set of the Darkest London books signed by Kristen Callihan
The items are all related to various characters in the series - and I rather covet that pendant.
Plus five runners-up will receive a complete set of the four books in the Darkest London series in digital format, including the prequel novella, which is digital only:
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by SB Sarah | February 25, 2013 | Monday at 9:52 am | 1 Comments
Gwen Hayes was so excited that her HaBO was solved, she wanted to give someone a $25 bookstore gift card. So I asked which book would you bring with you everywhere - prompting a really tempting list of books that you love a LOT.
The winner of the giftcard is : #50: Chris J.
Yay! Chris, please email me so I can connect you with Gwen.
Thank you to Gwen for the awesomeness, and thank you to everyone who entered - my to-read list is now about 46% longer than it was on Friday. Egads.
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by SB Sarah | February 23, 2013 | Saturday at 3:19 am | 154 Comments
Last week, y'all identified a HaBO from author Gwen Hayes. She is most grateful - who wouldn't be, freed from the unending job of describing a book to librarians and booksellers, watching as their faces crumple into disbelief and confusion as more outlandish and disordered plot details are revealed? So Gwen would like to offer a prize!
She wants to give one of y'all a $25 gift card to the bookstore of your choice to say a big whopping thank you. So! S-HaBO-Day Givaway time!
To enter, please leave a comment and tell us one book you would never, ever want to lose, the one that will keep moving with you from home to home all the way to the retirement community with the incredibly good-looking grounds crew. Leave a comment and you're entered to win. I'll choose the winner at random on Monday, 25 February 2013 at 8:30am ET.
Standard disclaimers apply: void where prohibited. Open to international residents subject to applicable law. Must be over 18 and wearing excellent socks to win. Close cover before striking. And…
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by SB Sarah | February 15, 2013 | Friday at 2:12 pm | 5 Comments
I loved your answers about which foods represent you. As much as I shouldn't eat carbs, I think I'm probably best represented by brownies or fresh bread. Or bread followed by brownies. Reading that thread made me hungry - but also made me think we should do a potluck where we bring our foods and ourselves and hang out until we can't at anymore. I just have to pick a date… and a time zone.
And now, it's time to crown the pierogi winner!
The grand prize winner of a pierogi sampler and a copy of Jennifer Lohmann's Reservations for Two is comment #82: EB!
The five runners up also receive a copy of Reservations for Two, in their choice of format:
#25: AnnBlackie
#59: Jen S.
#107: Miss E.
#134: Viridine
#150: Rachel
Winners! Please email me with your contact info and your book format choice.
Thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations again to the winners - and to Jennifer!
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by SB Sarah | February 11, 2013 | Monday at 7:02 am | 148 Comments
Y'all remember Jennifer Lohmann, right? She's the 2010 RWA Librarian of the Year, and we had a Photoshop contest to celebrate, playing with the cover of Karina Bliss' What the Librarian Did. The entries were amazing, and the winner is still one of my favorite cover mockups ever.
I've done two book events at the Durham County library branch where Jennifer works, and she's still hosting romance reading groups, and trying to reach more romance readers through her job at the library.
But dudes, guess what? SHE WROTE A ROMANCE! Jennifer's attendance at RWA inspired her, and her SuperRomance Reservations for Two came out this month!
The heroine of her book, Tilly, is the chef/owner of a Polish restaurant, and there's a LOT of Polish food in the book. So when she approached me about doing a celebratory giveaway of pirogi, there was NO WAY I was passing that up.
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